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Newspaper
Athena Press
Location
Athena, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Nov 08, 1907
Page
4
The article notes vast card hand variations in whist. It cites a 895 million billion hand count per player and asserts total variations across all players are enormous. It adds a jokey aside about thrill in card play and a quip on New York planning a new automobile speedway.
An amusing exchange from the Houston Post notes a guest boasting of being at his best in social company with Mrs. Smith who laughed at every remark. The remark about Mrs. Smith's new teeth provides a playful punch line in the piece.
A humorous wedding note from a short, lively exchange: the parson has just tied the knot, the bridegroom jokes that time and ties wait for no man as the bride’s father rushes in. The groom smiles and asserts they are already tied.
A scattered survey covers tantalum mining in Western Australia, the Salton Sea's predicted drying as Colorado River irrigation ends, and German uniform color tests. It notes Mogok ruby mining fortunes seen through a colorful, risky lens and highlights new light-measuring instruments for thin materials.
Day by day there is a freeing weakness that burdens the system. Vitality is on the ebb and the whole body suffers. Hood's Sarsaparilla is promoted to vitalize the blood and restore vigor to organs and functions, offered in liquid or Sarsatabs tablets with 100 doses priced.
A humorous exchange shows Mrs. Dagg teasing a peddler about catchy wall mottoes. The husband returns to a cheerful scene as a preferred slogan like Better late than never is discussed in a light domestic vignette.
An unclear dialogue fragment discusses a man accused of cheating in the horse trade. Another voice suggests that nine men who trade horses by conscience still let it sleep, implying widespread rationalization.
Jonah explains matters stating it was absorption not consolidation. He resolves to avoid new ventures and moves toward Nineveh. A vaudeville sketch features Mistah Johnsing debating tailor prices with Mistab George. A tenor, Mr. Pierce de Skire, announces a ballad about vaccination humorously titled Policeman Please Grab the Other Arm My Vaccination Is Taking.
In a playful overheard exchange a woman rejects marriage to pursue art while a man jokes about risking bigamy. A girl named Margaret and her playmate Elizabeth are seen walking home from school, teased about favorites as a coin seems suspicious with jealousy hinted in the dialogue.
A brittle dialogue sketches a society scene where luxury tastes mix with sharp witticisms. References to rare animals, like Amazon river frogs costing over $100, and quips about seasickness and conscience reveal a salon atmosphere.
A humorous exchange reveals a man writing dunning letters to himself signed with fictitious names to placate his wife who continually presses for money. The gag hinges on the wife’s reaction when she reads the letters and is discouraged.
A cleft, garbled text claims a reward for a catarrh cure and mentions P J Cheney Co. plus various splintered phrases. The readable fragment references a man’s wife attending women’s rights meetings and a humorous exchange about staying home, from the Philadelphia Press.
The rift between Mrs. Poet and Smith arose when he failed to sell his poems and she could not eat them, leading to their separation. The dispute underscores creative tensions and personal strains within a literary pairing.
An American contractor gazes up at a colossal pyramid and dismisses the structure as a shabby job. He notes it might do in Egypt but warns that if built in the United States the papers would roast the builder from Hoboken to Hagenlech. He ends by riding a camel, finding it true to description.
In Lily Pada the fountains and water lilies create a round green floating tub where birds hop between pads and splash water, a charming sight for bird lovers. The bathing birds flutter and flourish, offering never ending interest to visitors.
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